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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:47:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yu9iqf9o8n0.fsf@nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874oquo2pc.fsf@newsguy.com> (Harry Putnam's message of "Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:43:43 -0500")

At Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:43:43 -0500 Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> writes:
>>
>>>> By the way, there should be no difference whether I use C-y or middle
>>>> click.  So that is not the problem.
>>>
>>> I though on xterm you don't select simply by highlighting with the
>>> mouse.  After it is highlighted, in xterm try right mouse click and
>>> chose copy.
>>
>> Far as I know right mouse is used to extend a selection.  I have no
>> context menu under linux with right click.
>>
>> For it has always worked like this:
>      ^ me

My error, I was thinking of gnome-terminal not xterm.
sorry,
allan




  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-23 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.7074.1253405883.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-20  4:06 ` Copying text from emacs to another application using M-w Tim X
2009-09-20 17:32   ` Harry Putnam
     [not found]   ` <mailman.7102.1253467990.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-20 19:39     ` John A Pershing Jr
2009-09-21  7:58     ` Tim X
2009-09-21  9:59       ` Richard Riley
2009-09-22 15:59       ` Harry Putnam
     [not found]       ` <mailman.7208.1253635229.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-22 16:11         ` notbob
2009-09-22 16:49           ` Harry Putnam
2009-09-22 18:08             ` Allan Gottlieb
2009-09-23  1:38               ` Harry Putnam
2009-09-23  1:43                 ` Harry Putnam
2009-09-23 17:47                   ` Allan Gottlieb [this message]
     [not found]             ` <mailman.7219.1253642900.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-23  8:29               ` Tim X
2009-09-22 19:58         ` despen
2009-09-23  1:41           ` Harry Putnam
2009-09-23  5:21             ` tomas
2009-09-23  8:26         ` Tim X
2009-09-24 13:47           ` Harry Putnam
2009-09-20  0:17 Corey Foote
2009-09-20  4:31 ` Wang Lei

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